Blucher Haynes Erskine

Full Name: Blucher Haynes Erskine, Sr.
Date of birth: August 10, 1849
Date of death: December 20, 1929

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	91	Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895	23rd	Democrat	Derby / Frio	Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala
H	81	Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893	22nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Derby / Frio	Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala
H	81	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891	21st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Derby / Frio	Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(3) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

Portrait and biographical sketch, Blucher H. Erskine, pp. 245-246. Born 8/10/1849 in Guadalupe County, married Ada Cotton of Seguin in July 1872. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Blucher H. Erskine, p. 271. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

Blucher H. Erskine, birth date 8/10/1849, death date 12/20/1929 in Crystal City, Zavala County, ranchman, son of Andrew Erskine and Ann Johnson. Blucher Haynes Erskine, son of Blucher Haynes Erskine, Sr. and Ada Cotton, birth date 6/4/1880 in Seguin, death date 7/27/1963 in Zavala County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Blucher H. Erskine (Sr.) Blucher Haynes Erskine (Jr.)
B.H. Erskine, Democrat, stockman, age 43 in 1893, born in Texas. Legislative Reference Library Card File.

Photographs

Photograph. B.H. Erskine, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. B.H. Erskine, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.H. Erskine, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

23rd R.S. - 1893 Finance Military Affairs North Texas Insane Asylum, Joint Committee to visit the Public Lands and Land Office (Chair)
22nd R.S. - 1891 Claims and Accounts (Chair) Finance Internal Improvements North Texas Asylum at Terrell State Asylums Stock and Stock Raising
21st R.S. - 1889 Finance Internal Improvements Irrigation (Chair) Public Debt Public Lands and Land Office Roads, Bridges and Ferries Stock and Stockraising

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